Smoked Salmon Canapes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 medium cucumbers
• 2/3 cup reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1/4 cup smoked salmon, chopped
• 2 tablespoons horseradish
• 32 slices pumpernickel rounds
• 1/4 cup red caviar
• parsley (to garnish) or dill sprigs (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 with a vegetable peeler remove and discard a long strip of the green outer peel.
• 2 on the same side continue to pare long thin strips edged in dark green until you reach the seedy portion (you should get about 3 strips). rotate the cuke a quarter turn and continue paring.
• 3 you will need 3 dozen strips bring a saucepan of water to a boil and add strips and blanch for 5 seconds refresh in cold water and dry on paper towels.
• 4 blend together the cream cheese, smoked salmon and horseradish.
• 5 (you can do the strips and mix the salmon/ cheese the day before you are serving, store in the fridge) shortly before serving spread the cheese/salmon mixture on the pumpernickel rounds, drape a cuke strips on each and top with a small dollop of caviar.
• 6 garnish the serving platter with parsley or dill.